Improvement in clothes-wringers



JOHNMCLAUGHMN, or srEUBENVILLEfoHI.[

Letters Patent No. 107,518, dated September 20, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT 1N cLo'rnesfwRINeeRs.

The Schedule referred to in these L`etters Patent and making part of the sama To all whom 'it 'may concern Be it known that I, JOHN MCLAUGHLIN, of Steubenville, in the county of Jeiferson and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Clothes-Wringer; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to the letters ot' reference marked thereon.-

The nature of my invention consists in construct# ing a clothes-Winger so that its rollers maybe sep arated, and its driving-wheels remain in the same poisition with relation to each other, said-rollers, wheels, and the several parts connected therewith, being constructed, arranged, and operating substantially as hereinafter described. To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe more fully its construction and operation. In the accompanying drawing, which forms part of my speciiicaton-v Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improvement in clothes-wringen Figure 2 is an end view of lthe same. .Figure 3 isa longitudinal section of the wringer, when, cut through at line y of iig. 2.

vIn the accompanying drawing- A A A" represent the several main parts of the' frame, whichis constructed of wood.

B and C represent the ordinary construction.

'D and e represent the springs, which are constructed of a strong elastic wood, the spring D being provided with an extension, f; on the end ci' which is suspended. a hanger, i, in which are pivoted the driving-wheel k and the axis nl of the roller C.

Upon the axis mis secured a dlivingfwheel, l, which gears` into the wheel k, which has in its inner face a recess, into which is placed one en d of a coupling-arm, n, the other end of which is placed vin a recess made rollers, which arc of the' in the outer face of the disk J, which' is secured on the axis in' of the roller B.

h represents a flexible stay forthe parts A and on'the sidenexttbe crank o.v f-

' 'P represents a setscrew`for regulating the tension' of the springs D and e. On the outer end of the Aaxis m of the roller G is' secured the crank vo, which is used for driving the roller C and wheels l and k.

The bearings for the axis mand m', ofthe rollers C v and B, are arranged between the parts A and A".

The "parts A' and A" are drawn together, forsecuring the wringer-frame upon the wash-tub, by means of the screw X-and clank It, the vaxis of which is' pro- -vided with' screw-threads adapted to thescrew-threzuls-r of the screw' X.

, The operation of my ir'nprovedclothes-wringer` is as.

e The clothes are-passedbetween the rollers'B and G,

in the usual manner-,rand motion imparted tothem through the medium of the crank o, wheels l k, and

.coupling-arm n., which arm 'will allow the rollers B to rise up from 'roller C without changing the mesh of wheels Vland le.

What I claim as of. my invention is- The arrangement of the spring D, with its exten# 'sion f, flexible brace h, hanger fi, driving-wheels land le, coupling-arm n, and disk J, in connection with rollers B and C, thev whole being constructed and arranged 'as herein described, and for the-purpose set forth. Y

JOHN MGLAUGHLIN.

Witnesses: A. C. J oHNsToN, VJAMES G. THOMPSON. 

